I confess that, years ago, I didn’t pay much attention to closing wheels on planters. I’d set an “average” down-pressure on the spring adjusting handle and never change it. Since then I ...

Win the Furrow: Do More Per Planter Pass Some of those annual limiting factors can be addressed in-furrow via the planter.

Residue hangs up on runner openers and is pushed into the seed furrow. To control seed placement depth, newer planters have gauge wheels on each side of the double-disk openers.

When the furrow has been prepared for the seed, the dropping slide is operated by a hand lever, so that one of the holes with which it is perforated coincides with another in the side frame ...

In multiple on-farm tests conducted over the past two years, the Germinator ® Closing Wheel consistently outperformed its competitors, including the Furrow Cruiser and Twister.

In multiple on-farm tests conducted over the past two years, the Germinator ® Closing Wheel consistently outperformed its competitors, including the Furrow Cruiser and Twister.